I like the web app more.

The developer worked his ass off to repurpose his app to Lemmy for us.

I was more than happy to pay for his time. Hard work deserves reward. If people aren't going to pay him and use the free version, which you're welcome to, then he makes his money from ads (which pay fuck-all)

You're just a bunch of cheapskates who want to be entertained for nothing.

All the self righteousness of lemmy is strange.

There's not just better opinions, even small decisions are morally imbued and if someone steps out of line...

Wait, does using sync cause hurricanes? Earthquakes? Will the four big ponies of the lempocalypse arrive and snort angrily?

Otherwise, I get that a surge of people elated they have something you don't/can't have is off putting. FOMO is real.

But it doesn't need all the meme-shade.

Voyager is free and the pwa feels close to a native app.

Just paying a visit to lemmy because Sync is out, and all I've seen is this. Lemmy is just another reddit, isn't it? People here are no better like what they believe themselves to be, still the same everywhere.

I'm just happy we have all of these choices.

The FOSS apps are fantastic already and Sync is there if you want that too.

Not a big fan of the price, but it's free to use if you want and the app is amazingly smooth.

Also, if you decide to use this app for many years, the one time payment isn't that bad at all.

Jesus Christ guys, there's like one inline ad every 30 posts. Quit bitching

I don't understand the people hating on Sync just as much as I don't understand the people hating posts criticizing sync.

It's an app. Let people use what they want to use lmao. Growth for Lemmy is a good thing regardless

I never see Liftoff recommended in these kinds of threads. It's my favourite app so far out of Thunder, Connect, and Jerboa.

I'm all here for the lemmy app war of 2023. Sync for life!!

God forbid you have to pay for stuff.

Sync is free.

There is a paid version sure. But the free version is still excellent.

I'll repeat what I said in several other threads at this point:

I loved the old app, I still love the new app, it’s a pleasure to use compared to the alternatives I’ve tried, and I find the ultra subscription rate both reasonable and worthwhile to support a product I truly enjoy.

Sync is good for me. There’s plenty of other options if it’s not good for you.

I'm using it right now. Working just fine so far, exactly the same as the reddit version, and I haven't been asked to pay $20 for it.

Connect seems good enough to me

I've been using Connect. I'm testing out Sync the last couple of days and I think I like Connect better.

Or jerboa, I use that right now

The ads aren't even working yet lol it's still in beta. I don't get why everyone is complaining.

This meme is dumb. There are more options than just the web ui and sync, most are free.

infinity for lemmy is out posting this from infinity.

look i dont got much money in the bank but people need to start donating to foss creators cause it's getting dumb, musescore sold out to ultimate guitar and theyre going to shit cause guess what? no one gave money. the linux distro im using is ome of the biggest jn the world and it barely scrapes 1000 usd a month. when i get a job i'll start giving money but people seriously need to chip in, im not mad at sync at all i get it

Connect let's me block to my hearts content.

No more Swedish memes and weird furry porn and celebrity creepshot communities.

I don't even understand this headlong rush for an app. And especially being so desperate for an app that you'd use one that embeds ads unless you pay to remove them.

It just seems completely backwards to me.

With Reddit, it made sense - it was awful in a mobile browser, the official app was complete garbage, and either way it was buried in ads So you could (and I did) use a third party app and get a cleaner and more useful interface and no ads.

But Lemmy's already fine in a browser and it's ad-free. So what's the point?

I could maybe see, somewhere down the road when the apps are complete and established, it might be interesting to experiment with some and maybe find one that's got just the features I like most. But that's not what I'm seeing. What I'm seeing are people desperately clamoring for an app - any app - it doesn't matter how primitive and janky it is - they just desperately need to have an app right now, today, this instant. As if lemmy is completely unusable without one.

And it's just... not that way at all. Sure, it could be better, but it's fine.

So I just don't get it.

I've personally been using Infinity for reddit and now I'm using the Infinity beta for Lemmy and it's been like an exact clone. Perfect for me.

And no I'm not capitalizing reddit. Lemmy good

Really don't get what all the fuss regarding Sync is about. There are plenty of alternatives out there, free or not. Maybe someone can explain what I'm missing?

I can't stand the web app. Sync is fantastic!

I like the 20$ app-free version. Sounds like a solid business idea 🤔.

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Perhaps lemmy admins should start charging apps like this for API access…

I do not want to fuckin hear about this app anymore. Jerboa is working just fine, jesus

I use Jerboa and it works fine. There are alternatives.

Cool. I find it well worth it though, and LJ is working on regional pricing now.

Where are my Sicko's running at least 3 apps like toddlers in a cage match.

Had my money on Liftoff, but Sync just dropped into the Hell in a Cell playpen and it's time to rumble.

I should update Jerboa probably

The thing is... if it was the ONLY GOOD choice or even just the best choice, I would be willing to buy it. It just isn't though. There are so many FOSS options already. There will be better and cheaper paid closed source options in the future as well.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jerboa/

It's open source and works very well.

Regional pricing is apparently coming soon, just FYI.

I just use jerboa and donate $10 a month to the lemmy devs

I think the bigger issue is that you can't afford a $20 one time fee for a highly polished app that will get a massive amount of usage. I know it's a tough economy but $20 isn't a crazy amount of money.

Just here waiting for boost for lemmy!

Voyager won me

Infinity is goated!

I set it to amoled and changed the main color to something that's not bright in your face red/pink(too bright, esp when it's late at night)

I am Pro Sync, but I would still prefer Voyager / wefwef over the official web app.

Infinity for Lemmy <3

Connect is free and pretty awesome overall

Jerboa and LiftOff are good free alternatives

Fwiw, I've been using the free version of Sync since yesterday and still haven't seen a single ad. But also, it's like they just aren't live yet because I do see an occasional empty box with "sponsored content" labeled in the center.

Infinity for Lemmy

I just use thunder, it's open source.

Pricing according to purchasing power parity is a must. People keep clamouring about how its just a price of coffee/beer when the entire argument is baseless.

I've been using it and I haven't seen a single ad and it seems fine? I feel like there isn't an in-between of hating it and loving it more than life itself.

Are ads just not working yet or something? I don't see a reason to even pay unless you want to support him, which is totally fine to do.

Use liftoff

I don't know if I'm doing it wrong, but I'm using sync and I'm not seeing any ads at all.

I also have DNS66 through f-droid though...

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I feel like Connect still looks better. I somehow can't get the list spacing and font size right in Sync.

jerboa and connect don't let me log in properly, so sync is my best option

Really looks like the reddit api change was the best thing that could have happened for these reddit app devs, as now they've got people lining up to pay them money and/or view ads on a platform that doesn't have ads in the first place.

I actually have no good enough reason to switch to an app, the web app is more than good although text formatting doesn't work probably using Firefox but it works using nu.lemdro.id which lacks the option to easily use and format text

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i really appreciate the vibrant healthy competition considering where we are on the growth curve. is there a feature comparison spreadsheet somewhere? what features should there be in a year?

People were so hyped about apps that hadn't been released and I hadn't even heard of. I found it super weird, so this is funny.

Idk, I used Apollo for r*ddit and use Wefwef for Lemmy. I'm doing okay

Such a let down... Connect is working great and it's free!

The best Lemmy experience is mlmym IMO. It's pretty much a 1:1 recreation of old.reddit and it's the interface I am comfortable with.

Memmy baby

There's a lot of free open source alternatives :)

Boring.

I ues connect it looks almost the same and feels better

I heard that regional pricing will be available after a few days.

Like people doesn't use Office...

Be nice if the browser version auto loaded images like most apps do.

I may be outing an unintended oversight here but list view does not show those. I see what you're talking about in the card view however.

Sync was garbage for Reddit anyway, I don't know why people were so hyped for the worst third party app to move over here. Connect is great as it is.

I don't understand this outrage over twenty fucking dollars

Proprietary cringe

Yeah the pricing only makes sense if you live in New York, California or something for the rest of the world it's like wtf 20bucks for an app

Memmy seems pretty cool. Free with no ads, not sure what the point is of Sync.

Lol the sync shills downvoting this post. 20$ for an app is abusive and 100$+ for ultra is like the exact corporate shit we ran away from honestly.

Sync was garbage for Reddit anyway, I don't know why people were so hyped for the worst third party app to move over here. Connect is great as it is.